The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17

stitute for some of the time-wasting contri-
vances known by that name-nothing can
be more fascinating to women of literary or
Semi-literary tastes than extra illustrating
The term is one which means a good deal,
ranging from the edition of his American
Poets, y which the Poet Stedman is prepar-
ing and which, with its store of elaborate
Illustrations and embellishments, is valued
Mt several thousand dollars, down to the
simplest scTapbook. A friend of mine has
made a unique volume out of an account of
a European tour, by including with the
type of "a series of newspaper articles writ
ten by himself hundreds of pictures, the col
lected treasures of years. There are en-
cravings. photographs wood cuts. etchings /;
of all sizes all characters and all dates. To
avoid that bunchy appearance which the
ordinary scrapbook has, all the pictures are
let into the blank pages, space being cut a
trihe smaller than each picture and the
edge of the hole and of the picture beveled
to fit The FASTING is done along this bev-
eled edge. The result is volume of rare
beauty and, of course, of much interest to
the owner and his friends.
Anything may serve as basis for extra
illustrating and as wide a scope is afforded
in the matter inserted. A sunptuous book
may be made out of a magazine article by
adding portraits of distinguished persons
mentioned in it or pictures of buildings de
scribed. One that has been frequently used
in this way is c. p Lathrop'S Literary
Movement in New York. which affords al
most unlimited opportunity for illustration
with portraits of authors and literary men,
their autographs and pictures of their
homes, their libraries and study hooks. PEG
pie of artistic tastes and inclinations paint
in water colors or trace sketches upon the
broad margin through which the ''rill of
text meanders.
m -
-fion of the Poets of America which have
mentioned, each single leaf was given
wider margin This was a task of enor-
nous size, and required much skill in the
workman, but, it of course permits, the use
of very large prints and engraving which
could not be used in any other way. Sew
eral large quarto volumes, which it would he
impossible to duplicate and whose intrinsic
worth is measured by figures which sug-
gest reasonable fortune 70 ordinary NOR
tails, may thus be evolved out of book
costing in the beginning but $40.
Ii the craze for extra illustration CON
tiuueS TO increase at the present rate il Will
soon furnish employment 20 good many
people, and il would not be surprising II
women, with their patience, artistic feeling
and dett fingers, were 10 be found compet-
ing with men III this as in other fields OF
course the vast majority of extra illustrat-
ing is ut present crudcly done by amateurs,
but already quite n number Of men find rea-
sonably steady and certainly remunerative
employment in doing such work for those
who distrust their own abilities in this d.
rection. The skill which some OF the men
display Is something marvellous. 10 bevcl
the edge of an ordinary piece of thick paper
Is itself "a task requiring no mean ability.
but 30 prepare in this manner page after
page ~ accurately that the book when
bound shall he as true and even as any
printed volume Is even more difficult split
ting printed page when II rs too thick, or
ia cnses when valuable pictures happen 90
be- printed on both sides is ono Of The teais
of The new profession. II b. done by posting
"A strip 81 fine linen 81 each side of The Ilper
and carefully tearing the two strip apart
They are then pat in water b. s0ak when
each side b. taken OF H. respective piccc ~
linen uninjure1. H. doesn't sound ousy
and don't believe n rs cnsy, bat a. can he
done,
WOMEN ~ HrviCiPAL AFFAiRs
Wa there eser n batter illustration ~ ihe
new stand liiat women are inklng with fc.